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In the excerpt from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, what does the narrator mean when he says, "it didn't pay
well at all"?
Traveling between Reardan and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt like a stranger. I
was half Indian in one place and half white in the other. It was like being Indian was my job, but it was only a part-time
Job. And it didn't pay well at all.
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When the narrator says, "it didn't pay well at all," he means
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Answer 1

Answer:

He felt like his identity presented challenges with few rewards

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

When the narrator says, “it didn’t pay well at all,” he means he felt like his identity presented challenges with few rewards

Explanation:

In the excerpt, the narrator speaks about the difficulty of going between two different communities. Though he is American Indian, he spends only part of his time on the reservation, and therefore he thinks of it as something he does “part-time.” It is like a job to him because it is a role. Here pay refers to rewards because he does not have an actual job.